Neud Estifanoes

CS + Neuroscience @ Georgia Tech

Experience

The Murty Lab

Aug 2025 – Present

Researcher

Modeling large-scale fMRI datasets and comparing Deep Neural Network representations to biological responses.

Python, PyTorch, RSA Analysis

SynapseX

Oct 2024 – Present

Founder & President

Founded Georgia Tech's first BCI organization (200+ members). Leading the software team in developing real-time neural interfaces.

Leadership, Python, EEG Processing

NextGen Computing

May 2025 – Aug 2025

Software Developer Intern

Developed full-stack internal software and web apps for 50+ clients. Optimized media pipelines using OpenCV and FFmpeg.

JavaScript, Python, SQL, OpenCV

Projects

Cursor Vector Engine

Oct 2025

A real-time full-stack BCI system enabling hands-free cursor control using Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials (SSVEP) from live EEG streams.

  • ▹Optimized real-time EEG decoding latency to < 500ms using Welch-PSD feature extraction and LDA/SVM classifiers.
  • ▹Increased decoding accuracy from 54% to 88% by iterating through 12+ system versions to improve signal stability.
  • ▹Architected a modular WebSocket pipeline connecting a React stimulus interface to OpenBCI Cyton hardware.
ReactFastAPIPythonBrainFlowScikit-LearnWebSockets

Brain-Inspired Stock Trader

Jun 2025

A brain-inspired Deep Q-Learning trading system that encodes market dynamics as spikes, enabling robust decision-making in volatile conditions.

  • ▹Outperformed baseline trading strategies by ~160% cumulative return using entropy-based feature extraction.
  • ▹Engineered spike-train encoding to model market signals as temporally sparse neural representations, improving volatility robustness.
  • ▹Built a reusable, modular analysis pipeline for financial time-series data to support rapid iterative experimentation.
PythonPyTorchNumPyOpenAI GymMatplotlibTime-Series Analysis